Cicero: In Verrem Quotes
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- CICERO: "In Verrem" (70BC) Quotes
- VERRE'S ACTIONS
- "recens exemplum fortissimi viri profero" (56)
- "praeda provinciarum" / "spoliis sociorum atque amicorum"
- "furtis tuis" (58)
- "per scelus" (57)
- "furtis tuis" (58)
- "ut mos erat istisu" (63)
- [companions] "nequissimis turpissimisque hominibus" (63)
- "qui reciepere non debebat" (65)
- VICTIMS vs VANQUISHED
- "ex ipsa Diana" (54)
- "spem abiecerunt" (59)
- "cum magna calamitate et prope pernicie civitatis" (63)
- "hospe Ianitor, qui nihil suspicaretur..."(64)
- VICTIMS vs VANQUISHED
- "sumptu publico et legationis nomine" (60)
- APPROACH TO THE JURY
- "recens exemplum fortissimi viri profero" (56)
- "...iudices..." (several)
- METHODS OF PERSUASION
- "vidit... eos ...harum cupiditatum esse servos" (58)
- APPROACH TO THE JURY
- "...iudices..." (several)
- METHODS OF PERSUASION
- "vidit... eos ...harum cupiditatum esse servos" (58)
- POLITICAL CONTEXT
- "legati ex Asia atque Achai plurimi Romae tunc fuerunt" (59)
- Cicero's criticism of the Roman judicial system "levius..." (69)
- CICERO (106 - 43 BC) CONTEXT: ~Cicero defeated Hortensius, the leading lawyer in Rome, in this trial ~The trial was commissioned by the outraged inhabitants of Sicily (Verres had been their governor and had stolen from and extorted money from the province) ~ Cicero was a 'novus homo' outside of the ranks of nobles to whom Verres belonged, and so desired for this case
- Cicero's criticism of the Roman judicial system "levius..." (69)
- POLITICAL CONTEXT
- superlatives (/hyperbole) e.g. "antiquissimum et sanctissimum" (54)
- "vidit... eos ...harum cupiditatum esse servos" (58)
- METHODS OF PERSUASION
- "vir clarissimus" (56)
- "maximus rebus gestis" (56)
- "Olympum [vi, copiis, consilio, virtute] cepit" (56)
- "hominis amplissimi diligentiam" (57)
- "...iudices..." (several)
- POLITICAL CONTEXT
- "legati ex Asia atque Achai plurimi Romae tunc fuerunt" (59)
- CICERO (106 - 43 BC) CONTEXT: ~Cicero defeated Hortensius, the leading lawyer in Rome, in this trial ~The trial was commissioned by the outraged inhabitants of Sicily (Verres had been their governor and had stolen from and extorted money from the province) ~ Cicero was a 'novus homo' outside of the ranks of nobles to whom Verres belonged, and so desired for this case
- APPROACH TO THE JURY
- superlatives (/hyperbole) e.g. "antiquissimum et sanctissimum" (54)
- "vidit... eos ...harum cupiditatum esse servos" (58)
- METHODS OF PERSUASION
- "vir clarissimus" (56)
- "maximus rebus gestis" (56)
- "Olympum [vi, copiis, consilio, virtute] cepit" (56)
- "hominis amplissimi diligentiam" (57)
- APOSTROPHES
- "Quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia atque amentia!" (54)
- PATRIOTISM: Being Roman
- "vidi simul cum populo Romano" (58)
- "in foro populi Romani" (59)
- "senatus poplusque Romanus" (68)
- VICTIMS vs VANQUISHED
- "ex ipsa Diana" (54)
- "spem abiecerunt" (59)
- "cum magna calamitate et prope pernicie civitatis" (63)
- "hospe Ianitor, qui nihil suspicaretur..."(64)
- VERRE'S ACTIONS
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